Section 9 of the Official Visitor Act 2012 defines 'visitable place' as a visitable place under an operational Act.
The operational Acts define visitable place as follows -
| Children and Young People Act 2008 | visitable place means— (a) a detention place; or (b) a place outside a detention place if a detainee is, or has been, directed to work or participate in an activity at the place; or (c) a therapeutic protection place; or (d) a place of care. |
| Corrections Management Act 2007 | visitable place means— (a) a correctional centre; or (b) a place outside a correctional centre if a detainee is, or has been, directed to work or participate in an activity at the place. |
| Disability Services Act 1991 | visitable place— (a) means accommodation provided to an entitled person for respite or long-term residential purposes; and (b) includes— (i) accommodation that is owned, rented or operated by a specialist disability service provider; and (ii) accommodation at which a specialist disability service provider provides a specialist disability service; and (iii) a residential aged care facility that accommodates the entitled person. However, a visitable place does not include the following accommodation provided to an entitled person: (a) a private home if the person receives a specialist disability service at the home only from a person who is not a specialist disability service provider; (b) a private home if the person lives in the home with at least 1 adult family member who does not receive a specialist disability service from a specialist disability service provider at the home; (c) accommodation if the only specialist disability service the person receives at the accommodation is a type of service declared by the Minister not to require visitation; (d) a residential aged care facility if the person is 65 years old or older when they first receive a specialist disability service (whether at the facility or elsewhere). |
| Housing Assistance Act 2007 | visitable place means either of the following kinds of accommodation for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, provided by an entity funded by the Territory: (a) multiple occupancy supported accommodation; (b) single occupancy independent accommodation. |
| Mental Health Act 2015 | visitable place means— (a) a mental health facility; or (b) a long-term residential accommodation facility or respite facility at which a person receiving treatment, care or support for mental disorder or a mental illness may stay; or (c) a place in a correctional centre where a detainee is receiving treatment or care for mental disorder or a mental illness for the period in which the treatment, care or support is given to the detainee. |